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| Friday, May 9th, 2014

UCSB spinout Lettuce Apps acquired by Intuit

South Coast, Technology, Tri-County Economy

Lettuce Apps, a spinout out of UC Santa Barbara, has been acquired by financial software giant Intuit for an estimated $30 million. The Los Angeles-based company got its start in UCSB’s Technology Management Program, which has produced a number of successful startups including medical device maker Inogen, now a publicly traded company based in Goleta. Read More →

| Monday, May 5th, 2014

Ceres faces delisting from Nasdaq

Banking & Finance, East Ventura County, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies

Thousand Oaks-based energy crop company Ceres could be booted from the Nasdaq stock exchange if it doesn’t get its share price back above $1 in the next six months. Ceres said that it received a letter from the Nasdaq on April 28 notifying it that because its share price has lingered below $1 for 30 Read More →

| Friday, May 2nd, 2014

Oasis Technology hopes to get kids hooked on white-hat hacking

Columns, Technology

Oasis Technology of Camarillo is sponsoring a contest with three Ventura County high schools to get students interested in becoming the good guys in the world of cybersecurity.

| Thursday, May 1st, 2014

Calavo gets $10M for FreshRealm food delivery platform

Agribusiness, Banking & Finance, East Ventura County, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, Tri-County Public Companies

Santa Paula-based Calavo Growers has received $10 million in funding and named a CEO for its FreshRealm food distribution platform, it said on Thursday. Michael Lippold, who is the former director of strategic development at Calavo, will lead the new venture, which is based in Ventura. FreshRealm, a new cloud-hosted technology platform that connects growers, Read More →

| Friday, April 25th, 2014

Fitch upgrades SLO County general obligation bonds to AAA

Banking & Finance, Central Coast, Tri-County Economy

Fitch Ratings has upgraded San Luis Obispo County’s general-obligation bonds to AAA, the highest grade it offers, from AA+.

A Ryland Group townhome development in Chanhassen, Minn. (Ryland Group media image)

| Thursday, April 24th, 2014

Ryland revenues soar on higher home sales

Earnings, Real Estate, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies

First-quarter profits at homebuilder The Ryland Group climbed 6.4 percent to $23.5 million, or 42 cents per share, as it sold more houses and at higher prices.

| Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014

J.D. Power buys online marketing metrics firm Korrelate

East Ventura County, Technology, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy

Westlake Village-based J.D. Power has purchased Korrelate, an Orlando-based digital marketing company that measures consumers’ online behaviors and links them to offline sales activity. T